Financial Firms Having to Adjust to Aggressive Consumer Protection Bureau September 13, 2012 By Daniel Wagner The new federal agency charged with enforcing consumer finance laws is emerging as an ambitious sheriff, taking on companies for...
Safety Regulators Recommend Brake Override on All New Cars April 13, 2012 U.S. auto safety regulators on Thursday announced a proposal that would require brake override systems on all new passenger cars...
FTC Wants Voluntary Online ‘Do Not Track’ System March 26, 2012 By Jasmin Melvin U.S. regulators are pressuring Internet companies to put in place by the end of the year a “Do Not Track”...
Treasury Says More Time Needed to Complete FIO’s Modernization Report February 2, 2012 By Young Ha The Treasury Department’s Federal Insurance Office was expected to complete and send its highly anticipated report on modernization of insurance...
New U.S. Consumer Agency Pledges to Avoid Rule Duplication January 24, 2012 By Alexandra Alper The new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said on Monday it would coordinate rulemaking and enforcement with the Federal Trade Commission...
RIMS Tells Treasury: Industry Needs More Uniform, National Regulations December 15, 2011 A major group for risk management professionals sent a letter to the U.S. Treasury Department, asking for a bigger federal...
Treasury Names Members of Federal Advisory Committee on Insurance November 2, 2011 The U.S. Department of the Treasury appointed 15 individuals to serve as members of the Federal Advisory Committee on Insurance....
Republican Report Backs Incentives for Corporate Cybersecurity October 6, 2011 By Diane Bartz and Laura MacInnis A Republican task force in the House said Congress should give companies incentives to boost their cyber defenses, but that...
U.S. Regulators Define Swaps, What Falls Under Dodd-Frank April 27, 2011 By Christopher Doering and Sarah N. Lynch U.S. futures and securities regulators unveiled a crucial part of their expanded supervision of the swaps market on Wednesday, by...
New Product Safety Database Under Scrutiny March 1, 2011 By Jennifer C. Kerr It’s something Nikki Johns wishes had been around before her infant son died in a drop-side crib: a centralized federal...